Reserve docs reflect with pride on experiences caring for detainees at Abu Ghraib
August 31, 2004 — A handful of hospital corpsmen, trained to treat combat casualties for a Marine reserve infantry battalion, instead found themselves caring for sick and wounded detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison for the past six months. As they now get ready to return to the United States, the 11 docs from K Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, said MORE
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Marine contribution puts Iraqi school on right track for future
August 29, 2004 — Marines put aside their rifles and broke out their rulers Aug. 26, 2004, as they checked up on one of their investments in Iraq's future by paying a visit to a small local elementary school. The Marines, reservists from the 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, wanted to see the harvest of more than $5,500 they gave the Iraqi government to spend on MORE
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Marines, Iraqi government bringing water, light to Iraqi community
August 28, 2004 — Working to rebuild Iraq one village at a time, Marines and a local Iraqi government official here signed several contracts, valued at $146,000, to improve the quality of life for residents of a nearby community Aug. 25, 2004. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, awarded the contracts to Thayer Hamdallah, the district manager for MORE
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Commercial communications gear to take stress off Marine tactical systems in Iraq
August 26, 2004 — Marines can rig a field communications network, including radio, phone and e-mail connectivity, in less than a day. They can then tear everything down, move to a different location and set it all back up quickly and efficiently. During last year's invasion of Iraq, these skills contributed to the Marines' ability to keep their drive to Baghdad at a MORE
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Photo Essay: Leaders head to trenches
August 25, 2004 — Several senior military leaders recently visited Marines, sailors and soldiers of the 1st Force Service Support Group here, while touring Marine bases throughout Iraq. The visits allowed leaders to see firsthand the conditions their men and women face daily, personally thank them for their service and gather knowledge which will assist them in MORE
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1st FSSG sailors fight to save lives in deadly Sunni Triangle
August 25, 2004 — Picture grabbing hold of a young man’s hand as he fights to stay alive, while you reassure him that he will live to see his family again after shrapnel just tore into his body. Now imagine fighting just as hard as he is to keep that promise. Navy doctors’, nurses’ and corpsmen’s lives have revolved around situations like this since they set up the MORE
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Revving up: Marine providers ready for road
August 22, 2004 — Sucked beyond the western horizon the night before, sunlight seeps back into the valley here, in an everlasting give-and-take.Such as the insatiable west in celestial cycles, Marines' stomachs, gas tanks and weapons cry for more and more. From the east emerges the provider.With the growing light, Marines funnel from their barracks' beds to a narrow MORE
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PHOTO ESSAY: Marine MPs key to convoy success in Iraq
August 21, 2004 — Throughout Iraq, military policemen plow like locomotives along highways and dusty trails clearing the path for 1st Force Service Support Group supply convoys.With watchful eyes, the MPs remain vigilant. Roads in Iraq are corridors of danger, laden with tire-popping obstacles and shrapnel-spraying improvised explosives. From palm groves and MORE
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1st FSSG supply unit delivers the goods
August 20, 2004 — Delivering the supplies and equipment needed to sustain troops in forward areas is one of the hardest, most vital responsibilities in a combat zone. Instead of UPS or DHL, Marines in Iraq depend on SMU. As a nerve center for logistics in Iraq, the Supply Management Unit now controls essential supplies -- from bottled water to ball bearings - MORE
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Somebody has got to do it: 1st FSSG Marines leave no one behind
August 16, 2004 — Amidst the chaos of combat, one small unit here quietly does a job no one else wants to do and ensures fallen troops are brought back to their families.Service members who die in the eastern part of the Al Anbar province, including the cities of Ramadi, Fallujah and Najaf, are brought to the 1st Force Service Support Group's Mortuary Affairs MORE
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